EP2288735A4 - RHEOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES - Google Patents

RHEOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES

Info

Publication number: EP2288735A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: ores; base metals; hydrometallurgical recovery; rheological process; rheological
Prior art date: 2008-06-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP09761187.5A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2288735A1 (en

Inventor

Michael Rodriguez

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Ltd

Poseidon Nickel Ltd

Original Assignee

Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Ltd

Poseidon Nickel Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-06-13

Filing date

2009-06-15

Publication date

2016-05-11

2008-06-13 Priority claimed from AU2008903042A external-priority patent/AU2008903042A0/en

2009-06-15 Application filed by Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Ltd, Poseidon Nickel Ltd filed Critical Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Ltd

2011-03-02 Publication of EP2288735A1 publication Critical patent/EP2288735A1/en

2016-05-11 Publication of EP2288735A4 publication Critical patent/EP2288735A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
- C01G53/00—Compounds of nickel
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
- C01G53/00—Compounds of nickel
- C01G53/11—Sulfides; Oxysulfides
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/005—Preliminary treatment of ores, e.g. by roasting or by the Krupp-Renn process
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/04—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by wet processes
- C22B23/0407—Leaching processes
- C22B23/0415—Leaching processes with acids or salt solutions except ammonium salts solutions
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/04—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by wet processes
- C22B23/0407—Leaching processes
- C22B23/0415—Leaching processes with acids or salt solutions except ammonium salts solutions
- C22B23/043—Sulfurated acids or salts thereof
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
- C22B3/02—Apparatus therefor
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
- C22B3/20—Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching
- C22B3/22—Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by physical processes, e.g. by filtration, by magnetic means, or by thermal decomposition
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- C01P2006/00—Physical properties of inorganic compounds
- C01P2006/22—Rheological behaviour as dispersion, e.g. viscosity, sedimentation stability
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
- Y02P10/20—Recycling

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Organic Chemistry (AREA)
Metallurgy (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Materials Engineering (AREA)
Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Geology (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)

EP09761187.5A 2008-06-13 2009-06-15 RHEOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES Withdrawn EP2288735A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AU2008903042A AU2008903042A0 (en)		2008-06-13	Method for the Recovery of Base Metals from Ores
AU2009900134A AU2009900134A0 (en)		2009-01-14	Rheological Method for the Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Base Metals from Ores
PCT/AU2009/000755 WO2009149522A1 (en)	2008-06-13	2009-06-15	Rheological method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of base metals from ores

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2288735A1 EP2288735A1 (en)	2011-03-02
EP2288735A4 true EP2288735A4 (en)	2016-05-11

Family

ID=41416296

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP09761187.5A Withdrawn EP2288735A4 (en)	2008-06-13	2009-06-15	RHEOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP2288735A4 (en)
AU (1)	AU2009257204B2 (en)
BR (1)	BRPI0909875A2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2727557A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2009149522A1 (en)

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CN101805828B (en) *	2010-04-19	2012-01-18	中南大学	Low-cost method for disposing red soil nickel ore

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2009
- 2009-06-15 WO PCT/AU2009/000755 patent/WO2009149522A1/en active Application Filing
- 2009-06-15 AU AU2009257204A patent/AU2009257204B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2009-06-15 CA CA2727557A patent/CA2727557A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2009-06-15 BR BRPI0909875A patent/BRPI0909875A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2009-06-15 EP EP09761187.5A patent/EP2288735A4/en not_active Withdrawn

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WO1996007762A1 (en) *	1994-09-05	1996-03-14	Western Mining Corporation Limited	Mineral processing
CN1424413A (en) *	2002-12-18	2003-06-18	福建紫金矿业股份有限公司	Method for extracting copper from mixed copper ores
WO2006053376A1 (en) *	2004-11-17	2006-05-26	Bhp Billiton Ssm Technology Pty Ltd	Consecutive or simultaneous leaching of nickel and cobalt containing ores

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
BRPI0909875A2 (en)	2019-03-06
WO2009149522A1 (en)	2009-12-17
AU2009257204A1 (en)	2009-12-17
AU2009257204B2 (en)	2014-09-18
EP2288735A1 (en)	2011-03-02
CA2727557A1 (en)	2009-12-17

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2011-01-28	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2011-03-02	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20101210
2011-03-02	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2011-03-02	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA RS
2011-09-21	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2012-01-04	RAP1	Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)	Owner name: MURRIN MURRIN OPERATIONS PTY LTD Owner name: POSEIDON NICKEL LIMITED
2016-05-11	RA4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched (corrected)	Effective date: 20160413
2016-05-11	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: C01G 53/00 20060101ALI20160407BHEP Ipc: C22B 3/04 20060101AFI20160407BHEP Ipc: C22B 1/00 20060101ALI20160407BHEP
2017-04-28	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2017-05-31	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20161115